A Cupcake For Our Captain

I've spent a good chunk of my day watching hockey in preparation for May 30 aka Game One of the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals.  From watching the Western Conference Finals game to clips from Media Day, my day has been pretty blissful.

In keeping with my hockey day, here is the second installment of Kings Nickname cupcakes.  This one is actually near and dear to my hockey heart.

Many years ago, I was a young intern working for my favorite professional sports team.  During an autograph session, my co-workers and I were getting ready to distribute wine to the players.  But after looking at the roster, which at the time had a lot of players who were called up from our AHL affiliate due to an unfortunate string of injuries, we determined that some of the guys would be leaving empty-handed, including an 18-year-old Dustin Brown, who did not get a bottle of wine because he was not of legal drinking age.

Fast forward to 2012 and Dustin is the Kings captain, the only player left from my intern days and one of the team's best players during its first Stanley Cup run since 1993.

*tear*  <-- I cry because a) I'm glad Dustin is doing well, b) the Kings are in the Finals, and c) I'm getting old.

And since this is a Kings Nickname cupcake, Dustin is the inspiration for the Dustin Brownie Chunk cupcake, a chocolate cupcake topped with a ganache frosting, brownie chunks and caramel drizzle.  Go Kings!